Fishline holder



' May 26, 1953 LEVINE 2,639,869

FISHLINE HOLDER Filed Spt. 20, 1947 INV'ENTOR. [59 ism 6.

BY M Mq Patented May 26, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISHLINE HOLDER Ira. Levine, Chicago, 111.

Application September 20, 1947, Serial him-775,238

This invention relates to improvements i fishline holders.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple lightweight device for holding fishline and which may be attached to the forward end of a fishing rod or pole and which enables the line to be taken in or paid out conveniently to provide an active or drop line of the length that may be required under given conditions. Often in fishing with a pole without a conventional reel, as from a boat or along a stream from shore, for example, a fisherman wishes to vary the length of his line due either to the depth of the water to the level to which be believes the fish may then be. Generally, a still fisherman, if using a pole without a conventional reel, has surplus line Wound about the pole tip and when a longer active line is de sired, he must untie the line at the pole tip or release a half hitch, or the like, and unwind the line or wind it up, as the case may be, for adjusting the active line to the desired len th. A device made in accordance with the present invention may be detachably secured to the pole tip for carrying the surplus line and enables the active length or drop line to be taken in or paid out conveniently without tying or untying knots or half hitches in the line after each adjustment, and also prevents stripping the wound up line from the end of the pole.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a device which is adapted to carry a fishline in a reeled or wound up form and which device, with a line thereon, may quickly be attached to the tip of a fish pole and which when so attached enables the line to be paid out or taken in under varied conditions at the will of the user generally by merely rotating the pole on its horizontal axis in one direction or the other.

Other more specific objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the consideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an improved fishline holder which is illustrative of the present invention, the holder shown being attached to the tip of a fish pole which is illustrated fra mentarily;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the holder partly in longitudinal section;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation looking to the right of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of the improved holder.

1 Claim. (Cl. 242-84.1)

In the drawing, Figs. 1 to 3, the holder is shown as comprising a central axle Ill, preferably of tubular form. Any suitable means may be employed for clamping the member ID to the pole II. In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the tubular axle. III is shown as bein slotted at I2 and provided adjacent the rear end with an encircling clamp I3 provided with a small bolt I4 having a wing nut 5 hereo by means of which the slotted end of the tube II] can be contracted and, thus attached firmly to the fish pole. vided with two reel end members It and ll of disc form, the end members being secured to the tube by solder, brazing or by any other suitable means. The tube and discs may, of course, be die cast in one piece, if desired. The reel ends I6 and I1 and the portion of the tube l indicated by numeral Illa which is disposed between the ends, constitute the reel or holder for retaining surplus line.

Surrounding the reel ends I6 and I1 is a sleeve indicated generally by the numeral l8 which is loosely mounted on the reel ends and is freely rotatable with respect thereto. The form of the sleeve shown in Figs. 1 to 3 comprises two cooperating sections I9 and 2B which are adapted by means of the threaded sections if and 22, to be assembled in position upon the reel. Section I9 is shown as being provided with an inturned flange 23 while section 20 is provided with a similar flange 24 which retain the sleeve normally in position upon the reel.

One of the sections, such as section I9, is provided with an aperture 25 through which the active or drop portion 26 of a line passes.

It will be seen that by rotating the reel, that is, the axle I0 and the reel ends I6 and I1, a line which has been attached to the portion Illa of the axle, as by extending one end through an opening 21 and tying it in position, may be wound upon portion Illa. In so winding a, line upon the portion Illa, the sleeve I8 is held against rotation. By rotating the member I I] in the 0P- posite direction, the line may be unwound from the reel for elongating the drop line section 26.

In placing the line initially upon the reel, the sleeve may be removed and the entire line wound upon the reel after anchoring the inner end of the line to the portion Illa. Section I9 of the sleeve is placed in position first and the free end or drop section of the line is threaded through the opening 25 whereupon section 20 of the sleeve can be placed in the position shown in Fig. 2.

The tube or axle Ill is pro- When the line holder is attached to the tip of a fish pole, the line may be paid out by rotating the pole in the proper direction assuming that there is sufiicient weight on the line, as in the form of a sinker 28, to restrain the sleeve from rotating with the reel. If there is insufficient weight or tension of the drop portion of the line, it is necessary to hold the sleeve it against rotation while the pole and thus the reel portion of the holder'are rotated in the proper-direction; Thus where a: substantial amount: of line is out, the weight thereof enables more to be let out or some to be taken in by a mere rotation of the polez in the proper direction, the sleeve being as stated, relatively rotatable and being restrained" from rotation by the drop portion of the line.

while the pole is rotated.

In case a fisherman, using -an improved lina holder, gets a snag or has his hook caught on some under-water object; he can, by rotating his pole in the proper direction,..wind the line up on the holder, until the tipgof the pole is close to I the hookth'ereb'y facilitating the release -offthe ,h'ook' oriffthatis not"pos sible,' to breakth'e line'close tathehook thereby avoiding-loss offa substantial portion of the line which might otherwise occur. Likewisewhen a fish has been hooked and is being. played by the fisherman, hercan, ifdesired, by rotating; the pole take in a portion of'his. line,

thus .shortening it :and, enabling .him,v by use of the-.pole alone andjwith'out grasping the line to.

play, the fish vcloserto his boat or toshore preparatory to: netting or otherwise landing it.

Theimprovementsnot only provide means for,

readilyattaching. a fishline to the;tip..of,.a,fish,

polebut permit, thelineto bepaid outortaken. ilk-conveniently, often :whilethe pole is extended over thezwater.

that described above: except that the overlapping 4 portions of the two sleeve sections are unthreaded and in lieu of cooperating threads a bayonet type groove 29 is shown pressed outwardly in section 19a while an outwardly pressed locking lug 30 is provided in section 20a which cooperates with the bayonet groove in releasably latching the two sleeve sections together. If desired, the line holder may be formed with a one piece sleeve or with two sections permanently fastened together after a-z-line has been; attached ,to the reel "andgwound thereon-witlrthe free end '26 extended through the aperture 25. In such instance, the holder and line will be sold as a unit.

Whilel have shown and described structures that are illustrative of my improvements, I do notawisht'to be restricted specifically thereto.

I claim.

Afishline holder comprising a pair of discs and an axialmember upon which the discs are secured in spaced apart relation, said axial member comprising ,a laterally extending slotted itubula portion into which the tip of a fish polaiaadapted;

to: bevinserted; means ,for v, clamping said slotted portion :of the. :axial member; to; the. polatip andr a rotatable sleeve spanning, the .outer peripheries. otlsaidr discs andtbeing rotatablethereomand, provided with, an: aperture. through which is;- adapted toextend the active. portion of .a,fishli ne wound upon the-v axial .member between the discs 

